Information Technology as Disciplinary Technology: Being Critical in Interpretive Research on Information Systems
论文指出解释性信息系统研究需批判反思信息技术如何维持组织中的社会秩序与权力关系，并借鉴福柯的规训理论和社会学视角提出一种克服现有缺陷的研究方法。
This paper argues that interpretive researchers need to consciously adopt a critical and reflective stance in relation to the role that the information technologies which they describe play in maintaining social orders and power relations in organizations. The concern of the paper is to highlight potential shortcomings in the treatment of technology in interpretive research on information systems, but also to present a specific approach to studying information technology and organization which may overcome these weaknesses. By utilizing a perspective drawn from the discursive and disciplinary work of Foucault and recent work on the sociology of technology, we can complement the thick description of interpretive research with the broader sweep of critical social theory.